Due to the reduced crew size, the scientific work had to be
scaled down as well. Only 15 different experiments were conducted during the
mission. Yuri
Malenchenko and Edward
Lu were
also tasked with periodic maintenance work on the station, as well as spacewalk
training (although no spacewalks were planned.

Progress M1-10 was launched at 10:34
UTC on June 08, 2003. The spacecraft docked with the
Pirs
module at 11:14:53
UTC on June 11, 2003.
Progress M1-10 carried supplies to the International
Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for
conducting scientific research. The freighter remained docked for three months
before undocking at 19:41:44
UTC on September 04, 2003 to make way for
Soyuz TMA-3. Following undocking,
it remained in orbit for a month, conducting an earth observation mission. It
was deorbited at 11:26
UTC on October 03, 2003, burning up in the atmosphere
over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at
around 12:38:49
UTC.

Progress M-48, the next unmanned vessel, was
launched at 01:47:59
UTC on August 29, 2003. The spacecraft docked with the
Aft port of the
Zvezda
module at 03:40:45
UTC on August 31, 2003.
Progress M-48 carried supplies to the International
Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for
conducting scientific research. The freighter remained docked for five months
before undocking at 08:35:56
UTC on January 28, 2004 to make way for
Progress M1-11. It was deorbited at 13:11
UTC on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the
atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the
ocean at around 13:57:12
UTC.

The
Soyuz spacecraft is composed of three elements
attached end-to-end - the Orbital Module, the Descent Module and the
Instrumentation/Propulsion Module. The crew occupied the central element, the
Descent Module. The other two modules are jettisoned prior to re-entry. They
burn up in the atmosphere, so only the Descent Module returned to
Earth.Having shed two-thirds of its mass, the
Soyuz reached Entry Interface - a point 400,000 feet
above the Earth, where friction due to the thickening atmosphere began to heat
its outer surfaces. With only 23 minutes left before it lands on the grassy
plains of central Asia, attention in the module turned to slowing its rate of
descent.Eight minutes later, the spacecraft was streaking through the sky
at a rate of 755 feet per second. Before it touched down, its speed slowed to
only 5 feet per second, and it lands at an even lower speed than that. Several
onboard features ensure that the vehicle and crew land safely and in relative
comfort.Four parachutes, deployed 15 minutes before landing, dramatically
slowed the vehicle's rate of descent. Two pilot parachutes were the first to be
released, and a drogue chute attached to the second one followed immediately
after. The drogue, measuring 24 square meters (258 square feet) in area, slowed
the rate of descent from 755 feet per second to 262 feet per second.The
main parachute was the last to emerge. It is the largest chute, with a surface
area of 10,764 square feet. Its harnesses shifted the vehicle's attitude to a
30-degree angle relative to the ground, dissipating heat, and then shifted it
again to a straight vertical descent prior to landing.The main chute slowed
the
Soyuz to a descent rate of only 24 feet per second,
which is still too fast for a comfortable landing. One second before touchdown,
two sets of three small engines on the bottom of the vehicle fired, slowing the
vehicle to soften the landing.

During the stay on board of the
ISS the crew of
Expedition 7 carried
out the following scientific experiments:Acoustika-M (Acoustical
Investigation of Voice and Audio Links (Conncections) of the Crew on
ISS),ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station),Biodegradation (Initial stage of Biodegradation and
Biodeterioration in Space),Biopsy (Effect of Prolonged Space Flight on
Human Skeletal Muscle),Biorisk (Influence of Factors of the Space
Environment on the Condition of the System of Microorganisms-Hosts Relating to
the Problem of Environmental Safety of Flight Techniques and Planetary
Quarantine),Biotest (Biochemical Status of Humans in Long Duration Space
Flight),Brados (Acquisition of Data About the Radiological, Electromagnetic
and Different Physical Environments on Board
ISS, and Their Effects on the Safety of the Crew,
Space Equipment and Materials),Cardio-ODNT (Dynamics of the Main Factors of
Cardiac Function, of Central and Regional Circulation in Rest and During the
Influence of Lower Body Negative Pressure),CBOSS-FDI (Cellular Biotechnology Operations Support
Systems: Fluid Dynamics Investigation),CEO (Crew
Earth Observations),Chromosome-1 (Chromosomal Aberrations in Blood
Lymphocytes of Astronauts-1),Clinical Nutrition Assessment (Clinical
Nutrition Assessment of
ISS Astronauts, SMO-016E),Conjugation (Development
of Methods for Designing New Recombinants Producing Strains of Bacteria in
Space Flight),CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures-2),Diatomeya
(Stability of Geographical Position and Configuration of Borders of
Bioproductive Water Zones of the World Oceans, Observations by Orbition Station
Crews),Diurez (Fluid and Electrolyte Metabolism and Hormonal Regulaltion of
Fluid Volume),EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School
Students),Environmental Monitoring (Environmental Monitoring of the
International Space Station),EPO (Education Payload
Operations),EPO-Demos (Education Payload Operation -
Demonstrations),EPO-Scientific Principles-Demos (Education Payload
Operations-Scientific Principles-Demonstrations),Farma (Characteristics of
Pharmacological Responses (absorption, distribution and elimination of
acetominophene) in Long Duration Space Flight),Gematologia
(Morphofunctional Characteristic of Blood Cells and the Intensity of
Erythropoiesis in Humans by the Influence of Factors of Space Flight),HPA
(Hand Posture Analyzer),Identifikatsia (Identification of the Sources of
Dynamic Loads on
ISS),Inflight Education Downlinks (International
Space Station Inflight Education Downlinks),InSPACE (Investigating the
Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions),Interactions
(Crewmember and Crew-Ground Interaction During International Space Station
Missions),Iskazheniye (Determination and Analysis of Magnetic Interference
on
ISS),ISSI (In Space Soldering Investigation),ISS Acoustics (International Space Station Acoustic
Measurement Program),Izgib (Effect of Performance of Flight and Science
Activities on the Function of On-Orbit Systems on
ISS (Mathematical Model)),JAXA-GCF (Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency -
Granada Crystallization Facility High Quality Protein Crystallization
Project),Kromka (Verification of the Effectiveness of Devices for the
Protection of the Exterior Surface of
ISS from Contaminants Deposited by Pulsed Cycling of
Liquid-Jet),Meteoroid (Recording Meteoroidal and Technogenic Particles on
the External Surface of the Service Module of the Russian Segment of
ISS),Mezhkletochnoe Vzaimodeistvie (Intercellular
Interactions in Space Flight),MISSE-1 and 2 (Materials International Space Station
Experiment - 1 and 2),Mobility (Promoting Sensorimotor Response
Generalizability: A Countermeasure to Mitigate Locomotor Dysfunction After
Long-Duration Space Flight),Molniya-SM (Investigation of Lightning
Discharges in the Earth's Atmosphere and Lower Ionosphere),MSK (Cultivation
of Mesenchymal Stem Cells From Bone Marrow in Space Flight),Paradont
(Condition of Peridontal Tissues in Space Flight),PCG-STES-RGE (Protein
Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System-Regulation of Gene
Expression),PCG-STES-SA (Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal
Enclosure System-Science and Applications of Facility Hardware for Protein
Crystal Growth),PFMI (Toward Understanding Pore Formation and Mobility
During Controlled Directional Solidification in a Microgravity
Environment),Pilot (Individual Characteristics of Psychophysiological
Regulatory Status and Reliaility of Professional Activities of Cosmonauts in
Long Duration Space Flight),Plasma Crystal (Dusty and Liquid Plasma
Crystals in Conditions of Microgravity),Platan (Search for Low Energy Heavy
Particles of Solar and Galactic Origin),Poligen (Revealing Genotypical
Characteristics, Defining Individual Differences in Resistance of Biological
Oranisms to Factors of Long Duration Space Flight),Privyazka (Development
of High Precision Orientation of Scientific Devices in Space with Reports of
Deformation of the
ISS Hull),Profilaktika (Mechanisms of Action and
Influence, and Effectiveness of Various Methods of Phrophylaxis Directed Toward
Prevention of Disturbances of the Human Locomotion System in
Weightlessness),Prognoz (Development of a Method of Operational Prediction
of Work Load on Crew Piloting Objectives),Pulse (Vegatative (Autonomic)
Regulation of the Cardio-Respiratory System of Humans in Conditions of
Weightlessness),Rastenia (Growth and Development of Higher Plants through
Multiple Generations),SKR (Skorpion: Development and Acquisition of
Multifunctional Control-Measurement Device for Controlling the Environment of
Scientific Experiments Inside a Pressurized Station),Sprut-MBI
(Determination of Intracellular and Extracellular Fluid Volume in Humans in
Space Flight),Starmail (ISS Russian Segment Downlink of Text Messages and
Earth Pictures),Subregional Bone (Subregional Assessment of Bone Loss in
the Axial Skeleton in Long-term Space Flight),Tenzor (Definition of Dynamic
Characteristics of
ISS),Uragan (Hurricane: Experimental Development
of Groundbased System of Monitoring and Predicting the Progression of a
Naturally Occurring Technogenic Catastrophe),Vektor-T (Study of a High
Precision System for Prediction Motion of
ISS).